Belle1962
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- Aug 18, 1999
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Me, turning 40 end of the month, combo get away and Birthday trip
DH, 42, wanted somewhere warm and cheap and let me decide where to go
Day four: Jan. 20
crowds: moderate (but then we had Express so that might not be quite accurate)
weather: Perfect again
We are up and checked out of the Fairfield by 7:30 am. Love those Marriott Rewards...free hotel.. Which enabled us to enjoy our last night at..The Hard Rock Hotel. We arrived at the HRH and pre-checked in to get our magical Express Access room key and then its off to the parks. We wanted to do Islands of Adventure first so we headed over there. The gate people were making fun of a woman who had the nerve to wear her Mickey Mouse t-shirt to THEIR park. Ummm...Im in Tinkerbelle so just hang back and try to melt into the line. At IOA/USF they do the security check once youre inside the gate. After the check we head to the Hulk....walk onto the FRONT SEAT!!! YEAH!!!!!! We hop off and ride it again. Front Seat. We get off and then ride it again...second row (we didnt want to wait for the front row). We decided the green man could do without us for awhile so we head to Spiderman. As always, this was an excellent ride so we had to ride it again. We left Spidey and our fellow scoops and proceeded through Toon Lagoon and Jurassic Park. Since it was still early we decided not to do The River Adventure and wait until later in the day (when it would be warmer). We entered The Lost Continent and went directly to Dueling Dragons. We got in line for the front row of Fire. This is where the day s.l.o.w.e.d down. They only had one train on each track (Fire and Ice)..we had to wait 20 whole minutes to ride the front row. This was our longest wait of the weekend. After Fire we of course had to do Ice (another 20 minute wait) and then we were off to explore some more.
We stopped by the magical fountain (mystical fountain???) and I threw some coins in. No one answered so I said I guess no one is home. The fountain then came alive and talked to me a bit. I told it we had made a special trip back just to see it. It said I had changed clothes and thats why he didnt recognize me. By this time a crowd had gathered so I decided to egg it on and said Well last time I was wearing a Disney shirt. He literally sputtered at me and said they didnt use that D word around there.
DH and I continued on our way to Suess. We had never ridden One Fish, Two Fish so we got in line for it. As we passed a woman waiting in line she started with the What? Hey we were here first. stuff that some people in the standby line do when they see Express people passing them by. DH and I both enjoyed this and cant wait to bring the DGS. Next up was Cat in the Hat. We then spent some time playing around in If I ran the Zoo. DH is hungry for hotdogs by now so we head back to the Lost Continent and have lunch. We then stop by the silversmiths/medallion makers and DH gets a new bronze medallion. This one has the Goddess on one side and an owl on the other.
We eventually work our way around to Jurassic Park again. DH wants to rideI dont want to get wet. We compromise and I get a rain poncho ($6.00 thank you very much). We get the front seat of JP and are soon going back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth. After JP we decided what the heck we are already wet and head to Dudley Doo Right. I really dont to get wet but agree to go with DH on this ride. Well, I got more wet than I intended even with the poncho on. DH went on to ride the Bilge rafts and I just gave my poncho to some poor unsuspecting soul getting ready to go on. I then went to the bridge and watched for DHs raft. When he gets off DH is DRENCHED. Well, is there a better blow dryer in all of IOA than the Hulk? So it's back to the Hulk we go and ride it two more times. On our way we cant resist popping into Spiderman for one more ride.
By this time we need to get to the hotel and check in and stuff. On our way out we decided to have an early dinner at Margarittaville. The food was great. We hopped the boat back to the HRH, checked into our room and planned the rest of the evening. DH put on his swimsuit and went to the pool and I took a little nap. When he returned we dressed and headed over to CityWalk. We ended up just sitting on the deck at Margarittaville listening to music and drinking, well, Margaritas. We then caught the boat back to HRH and went to the hot tubs. The pool officially closed at 8:00 but there were plenty of adults in the hot tubs. A lifeguard had told my DH that security didnt mind as long as they were all adults and they were not in the pool. Tucked into bed (with our complimentary bottle of wine) and its off to sleep. We have to go home tomorrow. Boo hoo.
This is the end. The trip home was uneventful and if you dont count the mess in my kitchen from DS trying to cook for himself, everything at home was ok.
Me, turning 40 end of the month, combo get away and Birthday trip
DH, 42, wanted somewhere warm and cheap and let me decide where to go
Day four: Jan. 20
crowds: moderate (but then we had Express so that might not be quite accurate)
weather: Perfect again
We are up and checked out of the Fairfield by 7:30 am. Love those Marriott Rewards...free hotel.. Which enabled us to enjoy our last night at..The Hard Rock Hotel. We arrived at the HRH and pre-checked in to get our magical Express Access room key and then its off to the parks. We wanted to do Islands of Adventure first so we headed over there. The gate people were making fun of a woman who had the nerve to wear her Mickey Mouse t-shirt to THEIR park. Ummm...Im in Tinkerbelle so just hang back and try to melt into the line. At IOA/USF they do the security check once youre inside the gate. After the check we head to the Hulk....walk onto the FRONT SEAT!!! YEAH!!!!!! We hop off and ride it again. Front Seat. We get off and then ride it again...second row (we didnt want to wait for the front row). We decided the green man could do without us for awhile so we head to Spiderman. As always, this was an excellent ride so we had to ride it again. We left Spidey and our fellow scoops and proceeded through Toon Lagoon and Jurassic Park. Since it was still early we decided not to do The River Adventure and wait until later in the day (when it would be warmer). We entered The Lost Continent and went directly to Dueling Dragons. We got in line for the front row of Fire. This is where the day s.l.o.w.e.d down. They only had one train on each track (Fire and Ice)..we had to wait 20 whole minutes to ride the front row. This was our longest wait of the weekend. After Fire we of course had to do Ice (another 20 minute wait) and then we were off to explore some more.
We stopped by the magical fountain (mystical fountain???) and I threw some coins in. No one answered so I said I guess no one is home. The fountain then came alive and talked to me a bit. I told it we had made a special trip back just to see it. It said I had changed clothes and thats why he didnt recognize me. By this time a crowd had gathered so I decided to egg it on and said Well last time I was wearing a Disney shirt. He literally sputtered at me and said they didnt use that D word around there.
DH and I continued on our way to Suess. We had never ridden One Fish, Two Fish so we got in line for it. As we passed a woman waiting in line she started with the What? Hey we were here first. stuff that some people in the standby line do when they see Express people passing them by. DH and I both enjoyed this and cant wait to bring the DGS. Next up was Cat in the Hat. We then spent some time playing around in If I ran the Zoo. DH is hungry for hotdogs by now so we head back to the Lost Continent and have lunch. We then stop by the silversmiths/medallion makers and DH gets a new bronze medallion. This one has the Goddess on one side and an owl on the other.
We eventually work our way around to Jurassic Park again. DH wants to rideI dont want to get wet. We compromise and I get a rain poncho ($6.00 thank you very much). We get the front seat of JP and are soon going back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth. After JP we decided what the heck we are already wet and head to Dudley Doo Right. I really dont to get wet but agree to go with DH on this ride. Well, I got more wet than I intended even with the poncho on. DH went on to ride the Bilge rafts and I just gave my poncho to some poor unsuspecting soul getting ready to go on. I then went to the bridge and watched for DHs raft. When he gets off DH is DRENCHED. Well, is there a better blow dryer in all of IOA than the Hulk? So it's back to the Hulk we go and ride it two more times. On our way we cant resist popping into Spiderman for one more ride.
By this time we need to get to the hotel and check in and stuff. On our way out we decided to have an early dinner at Margarittaville. The food was great. We hopped the boat back to the HRH, checked into our room and planned the rest of the evening. DH put on his swimsuit and went to the pool and I took a little nap. When he returned we dressed and headed over to CityWalk. We ended up just sitting on the deck at Margarittaville listening to music and drinking, well, Margaritas. We then caught the boat back to HRH and went to the hot tubs. The pool officially closed at 8:00 but there were plenty of adults in the hot tubs. A lifeguard had told my DH that security didnt mind as long as they were all adults and they were not in the pool. Tucked into bed (with our complimentary bottle of wine) and its off to sleep. We have to go home tomorrow. Boo hoo.
This is the end. The trip home was uneventful and if you dont count the mess in my kitchen from DS trying to cook for himself, everything at home was ok.
